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Special Circular. Ames, Iowa, Nov., 1917
IOWA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND MECHANIC ARTS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION DEPARTMENT.
R. K. Bliss, Director
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CO-OPERATING.
War Emergency Farm Bureau
The food production bill recently enacted by Congress
provides a special appropriation for extension work in
agriculture and home economics and enables every county
not already organized to establish a War Emergency Farm
Bureau. Federal aid will be granted each farm bureau, as
explained in this circular. This will not alter the work
of the farm bureaus in counties organized on a permanent
basis.
The best recommendation for the work of such organ­izations
in Iowa is in their results in five years of success­ful
experience. Forty-two counties now have well estab­lished
farm bureaus and over 50 other counties have
started the necessary organization.
Farm bureau work is no longer an experiment. It has
been in operation over 40 years in Europe, and the plan
has been adopted in the United States by more than 1,400
counties, representing every state.
WHAT THE WAR EMERGENCY FARM BUREAU IS
The War Emergency Farm Bureau is an organization of
farmers and business residents of a county, co-operating
with the Agricultural Extension department of the Iowa
State College and the United States Department of Agri­culture
during the time of the war. Each farm bureau is
supported by the federal and state governments in co-
operation with all local forces to promote the agricultural
interests of every individual. It is not designed to take
the place of other useful organizations already operating
within a county, but to work with them for greater effi­ciency.
WHY A WAIR EMERGENCY FARM BUREAU IS NEEDED
Such a bureau is needed:
1. To secure the mutual benefits of co-operation. The
average county in Iowa represents an enormous agricul­tural
plant capitalized at about $50,000,000. The problems
of profitable production and equitable marketing demand
organization. They cannot be solved by individuals work­ing
independently. Social, educational and moral problems
also require organized community action.
2. To get more profitable results from experiment sta­tions,
agricultural colleges and the United States Depart­ment
of Agriculture. The combined expense of the experi­ment
stations, agricultural colleges and the United States
Department of Agriculture represents about one per cent
of public revenues. Trained specialists are employed with
these funds and their services are best utilized in organ­ized
communities. A county having a farm bureau gets
a much larger direct return for this portion of its taxes.

Iowa State’s Extension Service carries its land-grant mission beyond campus, providing a research-based educational service to the people of Iowa. Early extension work included educational trains, short courses, farmer’s institutes, demonstration farms, and other activities. The state has experienced significant agricultural progress since its establishment.

Special Circular. Ames, Iowa, Nov., 1917
IOWA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND MECHANIC ARTS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION DEPARTMENT.
R. K. Bliss, Director
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CO-OPERATING.
War Emergency Farm Bureau
The food production bill recently enacted by Congress
provides a special appropriation for extension work in
agriculture and home economics and enables every county
not already organized to establish a War Emergency Farm
Bureau. Federal aid will be granted each farm bureau, as
explained in this circular. This will not alter the work
of the farm bureaus in counties organized on a permanent
basis.
The best recommendation for the work of such organ­izations
in Iowa is in their results in five years of success­ful
experience. Forty-two counties now have well estab­lished
farm bureaus and over 50 other counties have
started the necessary organization.
Farm bureau work is no longer an experiment. It has
been in operation over 40 years in Europe, and the plan
has been adopted in the United States by more than 1,400
counties, representing every state.
WHAT THE WAR EMERGENCY FARM BUREAU IS
The War Emergency Farm Bureau is an organization of
farmers and business residents of a county, co-operating
with the Agricultural Extension department of the Iowa
State College and the United States Department of Agri­culture
during the time of the war. Each farm bureau is
supported by the federal and state governments in co-
operation with all local forces to promote the agricultural
interests of every individual. It is not designed to take
the place of other useful organizations already operating
within a county, but to work with them for greater effi­ciency.
WHY A WAIR EMERGENCY FARM BUREAU IS NEEDED
Such a bureau is needed:
1. To secure the mutual benefits of co-operation. The
average county in Iowa represents an enormous agricul­tural
plant capitalized at about $50,000,000. The problems
of profitable production and equitable marketing demand
organization. They cannot be solved by individuals work­ing
independently. Social, educational and moral problems
also require organized community action.
2. To get more profitable results from experiment sta­tions,
agricultural colleges and the United States Depart­ment
of Agriculture. The combined expense of the experi­ment
stations, agricultural colleges and the United States
Department of Agriculture represents about one per cent
of public revenues. Trained specialists are employed with
these funds and their services are best utilized in organ­ized
communities. A county having a farm bureau gets
a much larger direct return for this portion of its taxes.